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WINFREDA.

by Eugene Field.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What is Winfreda doing when the wolf first appears at the cottage threshold?

Q02of 10

Which formal structure best describes 'WINFREDA' as Field constructs it?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'seas of purple blood were shed' is best understood as an example of which poetic technique?

Q04of 10

What is the primary tone of the stanzas describing Winfreda's battle with the wolf?

Q05of 10

When 'the hills gave answer to their din' and 'the brook in fear beheld the sight,' Field is using which technique?

Q06of 10

What does the subtitle 'A Ballad in the Anglo-Saxon Tongue' signal about Field's literary strategy?

Q07of 10

In the final stanza, 'pretty Birdie' most likely represents which of the following?

Q08of 10

Which word best describes the husband's role in the poem's plot?

Q09of 10

The image of the wolf licking 'his fangs so sharp and white' when he sees Winfreda is primarily meant to convey which idea?

Q10of 10

What is the central thematic contrast Field develops across the poem's eight stanzas?

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